DrMajorBob wrote:
> "The compatibility guide" doesn't appear to exist, as such.
Correct. The only incarnation of a "Compatibility Guide" that I am aware
of is the one provide by Selwyn Hollis's "Help Helper" palette [1]: the
third button of the palette, called "Compatibility Guides", gives access
to the scattered documentation about compatibility issues.
Regards,
Jean-Marc
[1]
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica/browse_thread/thread/ec208f62cf6e5da1/d65074d2edbebf88?lnk=gst&q=Help+Helper&rnum=1&hl=en#d65074d2edbebf88
> There are guides in subdirectories of this directory:
>
> ToFileName[{$InstallationDirectory, "Documentation", "English",
> "Packages", "Compatibility", "Documentation", "English", "Guides"}]
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> including one on Numerical Math. I've found no way to get this page
> through Help, even knowing where it is... but you can go there and open
> it. It doesn't mention IntervalRoots, though.
>
> Bobby
>
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:20:07 -0500, Andrew Moylan
> <andrew.j.moylan at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Sometimes Mathematica advises me to look in the compatibility guide:
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>> "NumericalMath`IntervalRoots` is now obsolete. The legacy version
>> being loaded may conflict with current Mathematica functionality. See
>> the Compatibility Guide for updating information."
>>
>> What is this compatibility guide? Needless to say, the new help system
>> is of no use in locating it...
>>
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